Lottie Moss: ‘I Took Diabetes Drug To Lose Weight And Ended Up In Hospital With Seizures’

The twenty-six year old model Lottie Mossyounger sister of the more famous Kate MossAnd ended up in hospital After an overdose of Ozempic, a diabetes drug dangerously used in Hollywood to lose weight. She revealed it herself during an episode of her podcast Dream Onexplaining that when she was rushed to hospital she had “a epileptic seizure caused by dehydration»: «It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my life. My face and body went completely stiff at one point. It was horrible.”

Lottie said she had resorted to the drug a few months ago, during a period when «I wasn’t happy with my weight“: “A friend told me she could help me.” The friend got her Ozempic, in fact. And Lottie started to injecting doses suitable for a 100-kilo person, «while I weighed just over 50. I have been using it for two weeks and I have never felt so bad in my life. I am went from 60 kilos to 57 in a few days, then to 54 and then to 53. It wasn’t a healthy weight loss considering how fast it was. In the end, I was in bed for two days, I couldn’t keep food or water down, my face had no color anymore.” At that point, her friend took her to the hospital. And today, after the big scare, Lottie is certain: “I would rather die than take that drug again.” The twenty-six-year-old wanted to tell her story publicly, hoping that “may serve as a lesson to other people»: «It was the worst decision I have ever made in my life. That drug is an anti-diabetic, please do not take it to lose weight».

The twenty-six-year-old then explained to her listeners that she is now “finally happy” with her weight. Thanks, above all, to her new boyfriend: «The fact that he loves me, taught me to love myself more». Who knows if this new love will allow Lottie to defeat the demons she has been fighting for years. The British model, who now lives mainly on Onlyfans, “since she was very young”, as she herself said, has «struggled with anxiety, depression and addictions». A fragility that he attributes to his early entry into the world of fashion.

She was only 13 when she attended her sister Kate’s wedding to the rock singer Jamie Hince. Blonde and with blue eyes, dressed in a white dress and a crown of flowers, she monopolized everyone’s attention. And those present, all people from the circle, began to encourage her to pursue a career as a model. Lottie, who had never been good at school, dropped out of school to devote herself to this profession. A choice that changed her life forever: «As I was growing up, I never had the chance to understand who I really was. At the time I didn’t understand how much it could be It’s harmful to your mental health to be in the spotlight at such a young age», he had explained to Glamour UK in 2022. While last January, in a video published on her TikTok accountshe had tearfully confessed: «Becoming a model and being in that industry made things very difficult for me. Whenever I felt sad it was easy to give in to drugs or alcohol. I’ve done it all my life, until today. And today I don’t know who I am anymore.”